While studying with Julian Ashton, Long became a friend of fellow student George W. Lambert. The backgrounds of the two young men were similar in many ways: they were both from the country, in each case their fathers had died before they were born; they had both spent a brief and unhappy time working as clerks', and they were two of the most talented of Ashton’s students. They also were of a similar age, Long being Lambert’s senior by just two years. They shared a studio at 20 Beaumont Chambers, King Street, Sydney, and did so for about four years, from 1894 to 1898. But, whereas Lambert developed a reputation as an extrovert, Long was generally considered to be more retiring, more reserved.

Lambert became one of Australia’s most brilliant and versatile artists, one of our finest draughtsmen as well as one of our greatest, if not the greatest, war artists.

While studying with Julian Ashton, Long became a friend of fellow student George W. Lambert. The backgrounds of the two young men were similar in many ways: they were both from the country, in each case their fathers had died before they were born; they had both spent a brief and unhappy time working as clerks', and they were two of the most talented of Ashton’s students. They also were of a similar age, Long being Lambert’s senior by just two years. They shared a studio at 20 Beaumont Chambers, King Street, Sydney, and did so for about four years, from 1894 to 1898. But, whereas Lambert developed a reputation as an extrovert, Long was generally considered to be more retiring, more reserved.

Lambert became one of Australia’s most brilliant and versatile artists, one of our finest draughtsmen as well as one of our greatest, if not the greatest, war artists.